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The main battle tank for the US was the M4 Sherman. The M4 Sherman was superior to many of the German tanks at the time with the exception of the Tiger IV. However the gasoline powered engine and lighter armor gave them a weakness as they would easily catch fire when hit by the heavier guns of the German Tiger IV and superior anti-tank weapons. The main gun on the M4 Sherman was a 75mm gun that was equivalent to superior than the guns used by other German tanks, however it was unable to penetrate the heavy armor of the Tiger IV (Vincent M. Carr). While the German Panzer Tiger IV Heavy Battle Tank was vastly superior to the medium tanks of the US forces, the majority of the tanks in use by the 2 German Divisions were of older Panzer III and IV designs that utilized 50mm and 75mm guns. Only the Tiger VI’s 88mm gun had clear advantage over the M4’s armor (Vincent M. Carr). Even though the Germans had an advantage in the Tiger IV and 88mm anti-tank guns, technology alone wasn’t a deciding factor because the majority of the German tanks in use were inferior to the M4 Sherman and not adequately armored against the 75mm gun on the M3 Stuart self-propelled tank destroyer. (3) doctrine and training. Training and Doctrine were the major weakness of the US Forces in this engagement. Use of static battle lines, commanding elements being too far displaced from the engagement areas, and an inflexibility to doctrine allowed the better experienced and better trained German forces…

The M32 grenade launcher contains three different types of ammunition that comes out of the grenade. The first type of ammunition are six grenades which can all be shot in less than six seconds. The second type of ammunition is HUNTIR rounds which float down with an attached parachute and can take aerial footage of the enemy area which is sent back to the soldiers or the operation base. The last round is called HellHounds and shoot extremely powerful projectiles at the enemy from 140 yards away…

In the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. Military was desperately in search of a serviceman rifle that could put rounds on target at extreme distances, just as the M1 Garand did during the war. In 1958, Eugene Stoner, the head engineer at the small arms engineering company- ArmaLite, came up with the company’s fifteenth rifle project: the AR-15. (Ar15.com, 2014) Soon after the rifle’s birth, the U.S. Military adopted the AR-15 in a fully automatic version known as the M16. The M16 allowed…

If the m4 and m16 rifles were not used today by our military imagine how different the U.S armed forces would seem.The M4 and M16 both contributed to the U.S armed forces amazingly and are still in use today ,still , most people cannot see a difference in between the two such as customization, accuracy, shooting and reliability. At first glance the M16 assault rifle and M4 carbine look similar they are almost exactly the same. If people look closer people learn this is not even close to true.…

The direction of force can be determined using the right hand palm rule. The design of the railgun is illustrated in Figure 2. After much research, the U.S navy has a goal to deploy a 64 Mega joule cannon that will utilise tungsten slugs and fire targets with speeds around 5,800 metres per second, with 10 shots fired a minute. At this rate, the railgun will accurately strike a 5-metre wide target from approximately 200 nautical miles away. Conventional weapons generally require a propellant to…

adults in a Connecticut school before killing himself after the incident. Terrible events like these spark up debates such as whether stricter gun control policies should be implemented or not. Mark Levin stated, “I wish to god she had had an M-4 in her office…” shortly after the shooting in order to show that he believes the shooter could have been stopped earlier. On the other side of the spectrum, Senator Joseph Lieberman explained, “…the stronger our gun control laws are, the fewer acts of…

Also in desperate time, the soldiers would urinate in the jacket if they ran out of water. Later in the war, machine guns would be updated to have an air cooling system. The nation with the strongest guns in the war would have an advantage. The guns that worked the longest would definitely be an advantage, because if the gun jammed the gun has to be fixed in the midst of war. Including machine guns, pistols, and grenades, sniper rifles made an appearance during war. Sniper rifles were used…

people were killed by guns in the united states. Meanwhile, in America 2011, there were 478,400 incidents of firearm-related violence (whether used or just threatened) and 11,101 homicides, for a rate of 1 homicide per 43 incidents. As statistics show guns do harm people in many ways, but what happens and the government gets what they want and ban guns? What factors allowed any of these people to go and get a gun in the first place. Now so you know I am an avid second amendment advocate but to…

The Swiss Way- Gun Control Theodore Roosevelt once said, “We should encourage rifle practice among school boys, and indeed, among all classes. The first step in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war, if it should come, is to teach men to shoot.” One of the biggest debates in the United States at the moment is whether or not there should be a tighter control on guns. If one were to look at the statistics around the world, the country that seems to have one…

The body style of an assault rifle is small and compact but has many features. These guns are usually metal, have an extending stock so it is more comfortable for the operator, and these firearms can have special sights attached. An assault rifle will look “mean” compared to regular shotguns or hunting rifles because the assault rifle is made to scare people by just looking at it. Also, an assault rifle will do much more damage to its target than other guns. A bullet from a pistol or shotgun…